Grade 8 Reading List: "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks

People who think they're cool usually are not. In her poem, Gwendolyn Brooks takes on the voice of pool players but actually draws a chalk outline around their lives.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 9 Unit 4's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Poetry, poemcrazy, Nikki-Rosa, We Real Cool, Fast Break, Identity, Ego Tripping, Hanging Fire, odes, Sonnet 18, In Response to Executive Order 9066, Young, Poetry Cafe, poems by Nikki Giovanni
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  1. pool
    any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
    The Pool Players.
  2. shovel
    a hand tool for lifting loose material
    Seven at the Golden Shovel.
  3. real
    used as intensifiers
    We real cool.
  4. lurk
    lie in wait or behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
    We
    lurk late.
  5. straight
    free from curves or angles
    We
    strike straight.
  6. sin
    an act that is regarded as a transgression of God's will
    We
    sing sin.
  7. gin
    strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
    We
    thin gin.
  8. jazz
    play something in the style of jazz
    We
    jazz June.
  9. die
    lose all bodily functions necessary to sustain life
    We
    die soon.
Created on Wed Sep 24 16:47:22 EDT 2014 (updated Fri May 03 16:01:31 EDT 2024)

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